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Thursday, April 24, 2014

I need a mono printing plate. After much research on purchasing a plate. I deduced that they were very expensive. I did however come across more than one recipe on google and pinterest for making my own.

I am that person who will try it once for sure. It took me some time to find the gelatin at the grocery store. {The clerk told me I looked tired and usually old people are looking for it....but, that's a whole other tale.} I assemble all the ingredients. Directions I found were simple, Dissolve gelatin in rubbing alcohol, add hot water

Place on a cookie sheet lined with plastic wrap. I did that, being careful not to breath in the fumes from the rubbing alcohol...then walked away. As you can see

'I NAILED IT'

Total saved wasted on do it myself $8.oo about 1/4 the cost of a real plate...sigh

{next time I will use vodka, and cherry jello, at least then I can eat the evidence and feel better}

Undaunted, I press on to the next project, coffee and tea stain art..I don't want to keep anyone up with anticipation, but, stay tuned......

EDIT: I am linking this with Annie's Friday Smiles, week 69 read all about itHERE

I finally found you. It took awhile, but I'm glad I did. I've seen several people who have made these faux gelli plates, but I have wanted one for over three years. I finally broke down and bought a real one at Christmas. They are definitely not the same as a gelatin plate, but once I use it more, I'm sure I'll really enjoy it.

I hope your coffee and tea stains work out better for you. I've been playing with tea stains lately, too, and you look like you are having fun with them.

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"I drink alone" Oh, not the first impression I hoped to make....(Starbuck's Venti mocha frapp is my drink of choice) I am a mother-grandmother-wife-good friend. I have a scrapbooking sickness and the more I look the more I know I am not alone. I like to laugh I love to scrapbook...I also dabble in the dark arts of mixed media.